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WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12.1905.

J. W. PITTOGK.

PATBNTED APR. 17, 1906.

W/YLNESSES wvl/EVER mf'ltl lWILLIAM PITTOCl, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAA.

Wasi-nale appena-rus.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented epm 1"?, ieee.

Application filed September 12, 1905. Serial No. 278,132.

Be it known that l, JOHN VILLIAM Prr- TOCK, a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of llhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 1Washing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and. use the same.

.My invention. relatie` Lo improvements in washing apparatus, and 1n ore particularly to n 1p1p-.1atus for washing dishes, table-ware, &c., the obiect of the .irTH .ion being to provide improvements of this character in which the articles are cleaned by steam and their rece pta cle revolved by the steam imparting centrifugal action. thereto.

`Vith this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully` hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

'lhe acc;,nipan ving drawing is a view in vertical section, illustrating' my improvements.

l represents a steam-tight casing having a central journal preferably mounted upon. roller-l;ea1ings and made steam-tight, and a receptacle 2 is secured upon the Journal in casing l and provided with a perforated bottom L3, as shown. Around. the bottom 3 an annular series of inclined blades or vanes 4 are located, forming a turbine-wheel to receive the steam impact from a nozzle 5, or several nozzles may be employed, if preferred, to revolve the receptacle 2, and this steam is also used to clean the articles in re- ;eptacle 2, as will hereinafter appear.

The casing l has a removable steam-tight top or cover 6, and receptacle 2 may be open at its iop or have a removable cover, as pretmrcd. The dishes and other articles to be washed are placed in receptacle 2 upon suitalvle sumvortingtrays 7, through which the ste-un can fr r1.: y pass, and .my imp, oved apo; "amis is ready for operation,

"ihe steam discharged through nozzle or nozzles by its impact against the inclined blades or vanes l imparts a rapid rotation of the receptacle 2, and the steam after passing between the blades or vanes enters receptacle E through its perforated bottom .1 and cornes into contact with the rapidly-rotated articles and (fi'ectually cleanses them by its Contact and centrifugal action, and the steam escapes at any suitable outlet S.

l The particular construction of the casing and receptacle and the relative sizes of these and other parts are of coY rse immaterial, this application is intended to cover, broadly,

y any apparatus in which the articles arc cleaned by the contact of steam and given l centrifugal action b; steam, and l do not rel strict myself to any particular construction.

I or arrangement of parts, but consider n'iysel'f at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly vfall within the spirit and scope of my inventi on.

Having fully described m y invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is"- l. 1n .i vashing-inachine, the cornbinatimi of a receptacle to contain articles to bc cleanfed, and having a perforatml bottom, a

Mturbinemuinler said perforated bottom and means for directingsteam against it.

2. ln a washing-ma chine, the combination. of a rotary receptacle, a steam-turbine und er said. receptacle, a steanrnozzle for di.; cting steam against the turbine, said receptacle having a perforated bottom to permit the passage of steam upwardly through the receptacle.

3. In a washiiig-machine, the conibination with a casing, of an upright receptacle for articles to be cleaned, having a perforated botM tom and provided with a rotary mounting in the casing, an annular series of vanes under the perforated bottom of the receptacle, and a nozzle Vto direct steam against said vanes.

4. In. an apparatus of the character described, the combination with casing, of a revolving j ournal in the center of the casingbottom, a rotary receptacle secured on the journal in the casing and having pc.' orated bottom and open top, an annular series of blades or vanes aro und the bottom of the receptacle', and a steam-nozzle directing steam against said blades or vanes and up through the perforated bottoni of the receptacle.

in testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN TWlLLL/'ilvl PITTOCK.

l/Vi tnesses:

C. S. Tnnvns, M. E, Monnrsoiv. 

